Najat Habash

The female costume consists of four main pieces:
SHOKTA is the longest inner piece and is yellow in the picture above.
ZOBON is the second layer which is shorter than shokta and brown with a floral design and a border all around the edges as shown in the picture.
FARMANA is the third waist length piece, and is pink in colour as shown above.
SHALL is worn above all the other three pieces and this particular embroidered one is worn on special occasions, below is a closer look at the embroidered cross.

A plain SHALL is for casual use only.

HABRIA is the head dress which is shown on the shoulders of the girl in the picture below. Very bright and delicate scarf, yellow or orange with a black print, similar to tiger skin colors.

KAMAR is a waist band made of wide inlaid silver plates worn mostly for special occasions.
ZENARA is a waist band too which is made of woven colorful yarns worn casually.
 

Other accessories are

JARJAR is a necklace of round plates of gold centered with a cross.
KHALKALI is an anklet either made of gold or silver.
SHERE is a wide wrist bangle made of gold.

The male traditional dress consists of three main pieces

SARWAL is the inner piece similar to the western pants but wider for an easier movement.

Over the SARWAL a long sleeveless vest like piece is worn locally known-ZOBON-has an open front and two little side openings on the lower sides. The edges around the ZOBON are decorated with a cord.

DEMIR which is a shorter waist length piece is worn over ZOBON with full sleeves and front opening, bordered with a cord too.

Other accessories are 

TAKIA is a little woven cap covering the top of the head.

GUTRA is a white delicate scarf square in shape, when worn it is folded diagonally to form a triangle. The fold is worn on the front side of the head.

JAMADANEE is a thicker and machine embroidered  head scarf that comes in two colours; red or black on a white background, worn mostly in Winter as shown in the  pictures below.

IGAL a rope like double band worn over GUTRA or JAMADANEE  to hold it in place as shown in the right picture above.

KHACHIA is a woven cloak worn over the main pieces in Spring or Fall when the days are cooler.

FARWA a locally made coat of sheepskin worn in Winter.